Wisconsin Philosophical
Association
Annual Meeting
March 31, 2007
St. Norbert College
The Bemis International Center
De Pere, Wisconsin
9:15-9:45 a.m. Registration
Coffee
and Conversation
Bemis
International Center, Room 114 CD
9:50-10:00 a.m. Welcome
William
Hynes, President of St. Norbert College
10:00 a.m.
Session I
Faculty/Graduate
Student Session, Room 114 CD
Annemarie
Peil, Iowa State University
"Hume's
Causal Reconstruction of the Perceptual Relativity Argument in Treatise
1.4.4"
Chairperson:
David Duquette, St. Norbert College
Undergraduate
Student Session, Room 114 AB
Aidan
Arnold, University of Wisconsin Stevens Point
“Rethinking
Responsibility: Bad Faith and Gender in Simone de Beauvoir's The Second
Sex"
Chairperson:
Kay Lechner, St. Norbert College
11:00 a.m.
Session II
Faculty/Graduate
Student Session, Room 114 CD
Larry
Herzberg, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh
“A
Parental Obligation to Genetically Enhance Intended Children in 'Same Number'
Cases”
Chairperson:
Ronald Glass, University of Wisconsin La Crosse
Undergraduate
Student Session, Room 114 AB
Tyler
Scheunemann, University of Wisconsin La Crosse
“2
+ 2 is not equal to 5: Defending Ontological Realism”
Chairperson:
John McGuire, St. Norbert College
12:00 p.m. Business
Meeting
Room
114 CD
Larry
Carlin, Executive Secretary, WPA, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh
12:01–1:14 p.m. Lunch
Hendrickson
Dining Room, Bemis International Center
Lunch
is generously provided by the Killeen Chair of Theology and Philosophy.
1:15 p.m. Session
III
Faculty/Graduate
Student Session, Room 114 CD
Pol
Vandevelde, Marquette University
“Is
Communal Forgiveness Possible? Objections and Replies”
Chairperson:
Donald Abel, St. Norbert College
Undergraduate
Student Session, Room 114 AB
Arbon
Lee Reed, University of Wisconsin Green Bay
“Learning
Not to Know: An Essay Concerning Phenomenology and Intentionality in Contemporary
Life”
Chairperson:
John Moss, St. Norbert College
2:10 p.m. Session
IV
Faculty/Graduate
Student Session, Room 114 CD
James
Lee, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee
“Vagueness,
Composition, and Candidacy”
Chairperson:
Alice Kyburg, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh
Undergraduate
Student Session, Room 114 AB
Alan
Kellner, University of Wisconsin Stevens Point
“Plato's
Laws and Capitalism”
Chairperson:
Amber Gravitter, St. Norbert College
3:05 p.m. Session
V
Faculty/Graduate
Student Session, Room 114 CD
Elisabeta
Sarca, Boston University
“Mill,
The Principle of Contradiction, and Logical Psychologism”
Chairperson:
John Holder, St. Norbert College
Undergraduate
Student Session, Room 114 AB
Christopher
Austin, Indiana University
“Is
it Possible for Possibility to be Predicable?”
Chairperson:
David Echelbarger, St. Norbert College
4:00 p.m. Adjournment
The WPA thanks St. Norbert College for hosting the meeting, and
especially the Killeen Chair of Theology and Philosophy for its generous support.
Thanks also to the anonymous referees for this year's meeting. Their workload
was considerable, and their service is greatly appreciated.
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